“Records can be broken but being the first one, that can never be taken away,” he said. “I’m pretty happy about that.”

Darmon grew up in a village called Lehavim, which is located in the northern part of the Negev Desert. It had only been a town for nine years when he was born.

He described it as a quiet and relaxing community that’s good for raising kids. When he lived there, the population was about 7,000, and it has remained at that level since. He said they would run for fun.

His whole family took part in triathlons as well, and his mom is on the Israeli Triathlon Association board . . .

“I hope I can inspire kids to take triathlon and help our sport grow, but more important to me is that I hope I can inspire them to carve their own path and chase their dreams regardless of how big they are,” he said.

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